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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune seeks readable letters on current topics sent under the writer’s real name for publication. The paper notes limited space and emphasizes the need for authors to identify themselves.
Scranton's firemen paraded to show streets can be cleaned with proper effort. The event underscores local resolve to improve sanitation and order.
The article praises the Firemen's Association of Pennsylvania and local citizens for a superb parade and orderly displays. It also notes Chief Hickey's role and thanks participants. It comments on a shipyard strike near the Champe yards and its potential impact on the U S shipbuilding industry.
Private Chicago Record letter from John T. McCutcheon argues General Otis lacks sufficient manpower and cannot halt insurrection with his method. It urges replacement by Tate, Lawton, or MacArthur and cites Otis’s handling of towns like Pasig and Cantabula as proof of waste and poor strategy.
The firemen's convention featured performances by visiting bands reputed for talent. The ensembles impressed spectators on parade and during serenades around the city, highlighting the contemporary prosperity celebrated at the event.
The piece notes a century old issue where mail transport costs exceeded those of express services by several times and claims decades of unverified payments. It reports new postmaster records under Postmaster General Smith to test weight and shipping charges, potentially triggering rate readjustments and political scrutiny amid broader international tensions.
An alphabetical nautical glossary from Times Herald defines terms such as beam, windward, halyards, heave to, luff, port, starboard, and scud with brief explanations of each concept and practice in sailing and vessel handling.
A mosaic of poems, quotes, and scattered notices spans culture and science. It includes multilingual verse, reminiscences, a ship's fate, and various curiosities from pedagogy to meteorology, with brief items on prizes, industry, and public affairs.
An advertisement claims better place to buy office supplies and stationery with near complete lines. It offers a ten day free trial of a planetary pencil sharpener and invites inspection of engraved work and dainty stationery lines.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions German army musicians over ten thousand, American horses in the Philippines climate, a Jersey City man’s divorce leading to employment by his ex-wife’s husband, Spain’s sunny climate, a 1000 hour yearly average, Indiana farms and a forming trust, and the Polyphemus vessel of the British navy described as a long steel pipe buried in water with a deck visible.
Blankets never cheaper than now with prices for all wool blankets in white and colors 10 4 and 11 4 sizes. A weeklong sale offers blankets cheaper here than anywhere else this season.
A large selection of blankets offered at prices per pair and by size. Cradle crib and single bed blankets in extra large options, plus a special line of fancy blankets for smoking jackets and bath robes at 1.25. Silk covered down quilts feature in the sale.
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